LifeHelper

LifeHelper: Real-time movement monitoring - anywhere and anytime. This project is developing a new measurement system to monitor the gait of people with orthopedic or neurological conditions anytime, anywhere. The goal is to accurately and continuously measure movement and provide patients with targeted feedback on how they move and walk.

LifeHelper addresses the growing need to monitor movement outside the clinic in daily life. The system uses small, battery-free sensors (“tags”) embedded in clothing with an antenna worn on a belt to record the position of these tags. In the future, the system can be used to enhance rehabilitation and support treatments for conditions such as osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease and stroke. In addition, the system could enable new possibilities for AI, sports and gaming.

The Sint Maartenskliniek contributes the following to the LifeHelper project:

Formulating relevant clinical applications.
Testing the reliability and accuracy of various prototypes of the measurement system in our Gait Expertise Center.
Investigating and evaluating the use of feedback on movement and gait in orthopedic and neurological patients.

The project is financially supported by the Interreg program Deutschland-Nederland.

Within this project, we collaborate with: